Whips-n-Chains
Chi
Idk LA politics like that but Long Beach, Compton, etc. are their own cities, which are technically LA suburbs.
LA folks can clarify, they might consider everything in LA County to be LA
Breh's who grow up in the suburbs....
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LA folks can clarify, they might consider everything in LA County to be LA
It isn’t LA. It’s in LA county, but not technically LA.
There’s the city of Los Angeles and there’s LA county. Inside of LA county you have Long Beach, Pasadena, Compton, Carson, etc…
Moved from NYC to the NJ suburbs at about 7th grade. Chose a college right in a big city (Philly) and chose to live on my own right back in NYC. Now that I have a have a family I'm back in the suburbs. I miss the action but it's a better environment for my child.
Compton isn't LA either
what rappers are actually from LA MY MIND IS BLOWN RN
Compton isn't LA either
what rappers are actually from LA MY MIND IS BLOWN RN
That’s why NWA was always screaming “City of Compton”.
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
Yea I get why ppl get confused b/c there are neighborhoods within cities (Englewood, Chicago or Watts, LA) that are known, and then there are suburbs that people might think are neighborhoods within LA (Compton or Long Beach) but they're cities on their own.
Ricky Fontaine
Superstar
Grew up in far north Miami if that counts. Biggest black neighborhood in Florida.
Tried to stay but ended up moving to an extremely large city. Would definitely move back but Florida is kinda the pits.
Tried to stay but ended up moving to an extremely large city. Would definitely move back but Florida is kinda the pits.
Long beach is its own city, but in LA County
If you're from LA County and your OT, you're just gonna say you're from LA
but within the county yeah people from Compton, Santa Monica, Inglewood, Long Beach, SGV, etc rep their individual cities.
I consider everything in the county to be LA personally and most people out here look at the same, the culture pretty much spreads throughout the county in some way
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
Is there a difference between living in a inner ring suburb compared to one on the outside out of the city limits
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
For the bolded, that's pretty much how it is everywhere. If you're from a Detroit or Philly suburb and you meet someone from a Seattle suburb, you're both going to say the city b/c one will know the suburb unless you're from that area.
Makes sense what you're saying, that was always what I gathered from LA people is they considered LA county to be LA. It's different in other places b/c generally NYC heads aren't letting LI (not BK or QU) or Yonkers people claim NYC or Chicago there's always the distinction between city and suburbs, even the hood suburbs like Maywood.
Mike Nasty
Veteran
I grew up in suburbs that slowly turn urban. I can't take the traffic and the 3-5min cycle stoplights. Give me cornfields and strip malls.
The metropolitan or wider areas of the city are still considered part of the city.
Those who live in the heart of the city often have a problem with this description, but city population figures typically include the wider surrounding areas.